Surge working: 9 Coalition troops killed today, plus US chopper down

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5 American soldiers killed today in Baghdad.


http://www.ksdk.com/news/world/us_world_article.aspx?storyid=116226

Four British soldiers were killed Thursday in an ambush in southern Iraq, while five U.S. troops died in separate attacks in Baghdad, and a U.S. Army helicopter went down south of the capital but all nine aboard survived, officials said.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair raised the possibility that elements linked to Iran might have been behind the ambush, which he called "a terrorist act," but he added that it was too early to make a specific allegation against Tehran.

The U.S. military said the five U.S. soldiers were killed in three separate attacks in the Baghdad area, where thousands of American forces have taken to the streets with their Iraqi counterparts as part of the operation to quell sectarian violence in the city of 6 million people.

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1. I think the AFA should book a vacation week in Baghdad for their members

to prove to the world just how great bush's plan is. And as we have discovered the past 4+ years, the loss of life in a war based on lies means nothing to the pro life crowd.

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2. is it August yet -- how long with Repigs remain in their slumber